It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Powhatan has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Powhatan has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Powhatan than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Powhatan may be for you.
One downside of living in Powhatan is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Powhatan, the average commute to work is 31.22 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Powhatan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Powhatan who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.79% of the adults in Powhatan have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Powhatan in 2022 was $42,865, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,460 for a family of four.
The people who call Powhatan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Powhatan residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Powhatan include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Powhatan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
